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Coming up on BLACK time! 17 Aug 2013 | 10:35 pm
After much hair pulling and gnashing of teeth, I’m happy to report that my noir detective series, BLACK, is almost ready to go live. It will officially launch around the middle of Sept., with BLACK 2 ...
Cover Change Frenzy 26 Jul 2013 | 08:27 pm
As most of my loyal readership knows, left to my own devices with covers, I’m like a hobo in a big box liquor store with a fifty dollar bill. Except slightly better dressed and groomed. Most of the ti...
New Year, New Cover 22 Jul 2013 | 04:00 am
I was sitting around, staring at my navel, and decided that I wanted to give some of my backlist a facelift. Yes, tequila was involved. And what of it? Cast not the first, and all that. Anyway, I’m r...
Upon A Pale Horse 10 Jul 2013 | 09:22 am
Drum roll, fireworks, cue the marching band… It’s with great pleasure and a certain trepidation that I launch my bio-thriller, Upon A Pale Horse. Pleasure because I think it’s a good read that hits a...
King of Swords, Free 30 Jun 2013 | 08:44 pm
So, why would I take one of my bestselling novels, and make it free for a limited time? On a series that’s done well, and continues to grow its audience with each passing month? Because it’s the firs...
It Was 700 Days Today… 19 Jun 2013 | 09:08 am
You have to sort of sing it with a Beatles lilt. That’s the trick. Two years ago, I uploaded my first novel, Fatal Exchange, to Amazon, not knowing what to expect, or really, what the hell I was doing...
The Secret to Happiness 8 Jun 2013 | 09:58 pm
I’ve been told that my gruff demeanor is off-putting for some, so consider this to be my effort to showcase a softer, gentler Blake. You may imagine me holding a tubby tabby in my lap as I write it, i...
Last Night 2 Jun 2013 | 05:54 am
I was arm wrestling a Cajun bare-knuckle brawler at the bar last night after winning a lightning round of the Indian knife game against a mute prospector named Poncho, and a thought came to me as I wi...
Why I don’t write many reviews 25 May 2013 | 03:06 am
I participated in a lively discussion today about book reviews, and how other authors approach the delicate matter of reviewing work that they feel is, er, wanting, to say the least. Which got me thin...
Turtles All The Way Down 19 May 2013 | 12:03 am
I was considering the problem of infinite regression in cosmology the other day (code for drinking – wink wink) and found myself talking to a friend at a social engagement (barfly at the local cantina...
